Lavatoby fixture



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WILLIAM B. STBAT'ION, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

LAVATORY FIXTURE.

Application filed August 27, 1921.

to the accompanying drawings. v.

The invention relates to fixtures designed for use in connection with lavatoriesor bath tubs and has for its object: first, avoidance of a splashing of the water when discharged into the bowl; second, provision for thoroughly commingling hot and cold water betore discharge so as'to secure any desired temperature. To this end the invention consists in the construction as hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical central section;

Fi ure 2 is a perspective view of a modified construction;

F igure-3 is a plan view of said modification; I a

Figures 4 and 5 v are vertical sectional views of the same taken respectively on lines 7-7 and 88 of Figure 3. i

A is the bowl or other receptacle into which the water is to be discharged said bowl having a marginal rim A. B is an auxiliary receptacle or-waterchamber, so arranged that it will overflow into the recep tacle A. As specifically shown, the receptacle B is arranged at the rear of the bowl and rises to a height slightly above that of the rim A being .provided with a dis charge lip B overhangingthe bowl. Said receptacle is of a cylindrical form and is provided with a detachable bottom formed by plug B screw threaded into the cylindrical body. The rim of the bowl A is formed with an aperture .0, into which the receptacle B is inserted, said receptacle being formed with an annular shoulder D which supports the receptacle through engagement with the basin marginally of sa d opening. Below the rim C the receptacle 1s externally screw threaded for engagement by a nut E which clamps against the under face of the rim to hold the receptacle rigid therewith.

The lower portion of the receptacle has communication with a laterally projecting fitting F having hot and cold water pipes G and H respectively communicatmg with Specification of Letters Patent.

of which the following is a specification reference being had therein with the upper seats N suitably upon the two valves.

ter controlling valve is w seated by the cam O. The cam 0 then takes Patented May Serial No. 495,924.

its top and bottom.

H" within which are respectively located slide valves I for controlling the flow of hot and cold water. Said valves are adapted to be controlled in common by a vertical stem J disposed within the receptacle B, and rotatable in the bearing Kformed integral v portion of said receptacle, said stem being surmounted by an operating handle L. Coiledsprings M urge the valves Iv into normal engagement with tapering provided within the fitting F. To accomplish unseating of the valves a pair of cams O and O the lower portion of the against heads P terminally carried by the stemsP of the valves I. Said camsare so shaped and arranged as to successively act tively slide in tubular casings Q which are inclosed within and spaced from cylindrical strainers R formed with slots for, the passage of the water. The casings Q are respectively formed with spiral series of orifices S which: are successively uncovered as the va'lvesare' unseated, permitting an extensive graduation of the How. In the cated by the arrow in Figure 4, the cold waeflect upon the hot water controllingvalve gradually unseating the iamese that the proportion of hot water mixed with the cold is gradually increased until the hot and cold water are discharged in an equal quantity. Continued rotation of the valve stem in the same direction cuts off the flow of cold water gradually until the flow'consists entirely of hotwater. A stilljfurther rotatiton gradually reduces the flow of hot water until eventually the same is cut off entirely. .Thus it is seen water, or a mixture of proportions is obtained through theuse of the described valve mechanism, said water discharging from the fitting F into the lower portion of the receptacle B filling said r'e-- ceptacle and finally overflowing by way of.

the lip B into the basin A. The velocity of the discharging stream is checked in thereceptacle B, and since the water will merely rise in said receptacle and overflow by gravity, excessive splashing is avoided; and fun The valves I respecuse of the described device, the stem J is actuated in the direction indifirst gradually un- 7 Within the fitting F are ttormed upper and lower chambers G and is mounted upon stem J to bear that either hot or cold the same, in regulable Q arately controlled by ceptacley' pipes, V r

thermore the hot and cold water are thoroughly commingled before reaching the point of overflow from said receptacle. r r

In the modified construction illustrated in Figures 2 to 5 inclusive, the receptacle T is of a rectangular shape and is engaged with the rim portion of the bowl similarly to'the first described construction. In the modification, however, the two valves U and U controlling respectively the flow through the hot and cold water pipes V and V are arranged below the receptacleT, and are sepvalve stems W surmounted above the receptacle by handles W, said stems engaging bearings X formed externally upon opposite sides of the re Beyond the valves U and U said and V discharge into a common pipe Y which opens into the lower portion of the receptacle T. This form of the in vention possesses substantially the same ad vantages as have been already enumerated, except that there is no tioning of the flow of the hot or cold water,

the control of the two valves being indeendent, V 7

What claim as my invention is:

1. The combination with a bowl or other receptacle, of an open top auxiliary receptacle provided with a discharge lip overhanging said first-mentioned receptacle, and means for admitting hot and cold water into the lower portion of said auxiliary receptacle and controlling means operable from the top thereof.

2. The combination with a bowl or re ceptacle, of an auxiliary receptacle in rear thereof, said receptacle having a well to meet the rim of the bowl with a discharge lip overhanging the bowl, hot and cold water connections, valves controlling the same, a common discharge from said connections entering the lower portion of said auxiliary receptacle, and controlling means for said valves passing upward through the auxiliary receptacle to be operable from the top thereof.

3. The combination with a bowl or other receptacle having an apertured rim portion, of an auxiliary receptacle inserted in the aperture of the rim, and having an annular shoulder engaging the rim marginally of the aperture to support said receptacle, said receptacle further having a lip portion overhanging said bowl, a clamping member car ried by the receptacle beneath said rim and automatic propor- Y engaging the latter, and means for supplying water to the lower end of said auxiliary receptacle.

4. The combination with a bowl or other receptacle, of an open top auxiliary receptacle arranged to overflow into said bowl, a fitting laterally connected to said auxiliary receptacle and communicating with the lower portion thereof, hot and cold water pipes having discharge connection with said fitting, valves within said fitting respectively controlling the flow of hot and cold water, a stem arranged within said receptacle for the common control of said valves, and an operating handle carried by said stem. 7

5. The combination with a bowl or other receptacle, of anopen top auxiliary receptacle arranged to overflow into said bowl, a

fitting laterally connected to said auxiliary receptacle and communicating with the lower portion thereof hot and cold water pipes respectively having discharge connection with said fittings, valves within said fitting respectively controlling the flow of hot and cold water, and a common means for controlling and proportioning said flow.

6. The combination with a bowl or other receptacle, of an open top auxiliary receptacle arranged to overflow into said bowl, a fitting laterally connected to said auxiliary receptacle, hot and coldwater plpes having discharge connection with said fitting, slide valves within said fitting controlling the flow of hot and cold water, a vertical control stem for said valves, a handle carried by said stem, and camssupon said stem engageable with said valves to successively unseat the same. 7

7 The combination with a bowl or other receptacle, of an auxiliary receptacle re 'movably secured to said bowl, a fitting connected to said auxiliary receptacle, hot and cold water pipes having discharge connections with said fitting, spring influenced slide valves within said fitting controlling the flow of hot and cold water whereby a mixture thereof may be discharged within said receptacle, a control stem for said valves disposed within said auxiliary receptacle and extending above the same, a handle carried by said stem, and spaced cams carried by said stem engageable with said valves to successively unseat the same.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature,

WILLIAM B. STRATTON. 

